Sooners Notch First Scrimmage

By Athletics Communications

University of Oklahoma

MARCH 29, 2008

NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma completed its first major
scrimmage of the spring with an 81-play workout Saturday
at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Sooner
head coach Bob Stoops noted that several standouts
did not participate, but still liked the overall effort.

"It went well," he said. "We'll
grade the tape and see how it looked. We've got a lot
of guys out so we didn't real true look, but a lot
of young guys are getting good work."

Several projected starters did not participate in
the scrimmage while recovering from injuries. Among
those were running back linebacker Austin Box, Chris Brown, defensive end
Auston English, safety Nic Harris, receiver Manuel
Johnson, linebacker Ryan Reynolds, offensive guard
Duke Robinson and defensive end John Williams.

Box is among the latest to join that list. He
has a sprained elbow and will likely miss the remainder
of the spring drills.

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